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John Charles Thomas - In Opera & Song

John Charles Thomas

John Charles Thomas - In Opera & Song
Thomas's voice is one of the most ample, wide-ranging and evenly produced baritones on record. Hear him in the first track, the well known air from Leoncavallo's Zazà, and you will understand...

Gramophone Magazine, October 2006

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John Charles Thomas - In Opera & Song

John Charles Thomas

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Thomas's voice is one of the most ample, wide-ranging and evenly produced baritones on record. Hear him in the first track, the well known air from Leoncavallo's Zazà, and you will understand...

Gramophone Magazine, October 2006

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Leoncavallo: Zazà: Zazà piccolo zingera (Recorded 1939)
Work length2:48
  • John Charles Thomas
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours
Verdi: La Traviata: Di Provenza il mar, il suol (Recorded 1939)
Work length4:12
  • John Charles Thomas
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours
Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier: Nemico della Patria (Recorded 1939)
Work length5:06
  • John Charles Thomas
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours
Rossini: Largo al factotum (from Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Work length4:39
  • John Charles Thomas
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours
Verdi: Otello: Credo in un Dio crudel (Recorded 1939)
Work length4:47
  • John Charles Thomas
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours
Tito Mattei: Non e ver (Recorded 1939)
Work length4:05
  • John Charles Thomas
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours
Donaudy: O del mio amato ben (Recorded 1939)
Work length3:48
  • John Charles Thomas
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours
Excerpt,Massenet: Hérodiade
Work length9:12
  • John Charles Thomas
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • N. Finston, Frank Tours
Vision Fugitive (Recorded 1934)
Track length3:44
C’en est fait...Salome demande (Recorded 1939)
Track length5:28
Thomas, Ambroise: Hamlet: O vin dissipe la tristesse (Recorded 1934)
Work length3:17
  • John Charles Thomas
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • N. Finston
Duparc: Chanson Triste (Recorded 1939)
Work length3:11
  • John Charles Thomas
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours
Pessard: Requiem de coeur (Recorded 1938)
Work length4:03
  • John Charles Thomas, Carroll Hollister
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours, N. Finston, Nathaniel Shilkret, Charles O'Connell
Holmes, R: Au Pays (Recorded 1938)
Work length3:35
  • John Charles Thomas, Carroll Hollister
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours, N. Finston, Nathaniel Shilkret, Charles O'Connell
Marx: Gebet (Recorded 1938)
Work length2:30
  • John Charles Thomas, Carroll Hollister
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours, N. Finston, Nathaniel Shilkret, Charles O'Connell
Marx: Der Ton (Recorded 1938)
Work length2:21
  • John Charles Thomas, Carroll Hollister
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours, N. Finston, Nathaniel Shilkret, Charles O'Connell
Beethoven: In questa tomba oscura, WoO.133
Work length3:04
  • John Charles Thomas
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours
Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV. 70: O du, mein holder Abenstern (Recorded 1932)
Work length4:42
  • John Charles Thomas
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Nathaniel Shilkret
O'Hara: There is No Death (Recorded 1941)
Work length2:26
  • John Charles Thomas
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles O'Connell
Bridge: 2 Songs after Heine, H.27: No. 2, E'en as a Lovely Flower (Recorded 1942)
Work length3:49
  • John Charles Thomas, Carroll Hollister
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours, N. Finston, Nathaniel Shilkret, Charles O'Connell
Grainger: Shallow Brown (Recorded 1942)
Work length4:30
  • John Charles Thomas, Carroll Hollister
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours, N. Finston, Nathaniel Shilkret, Charles O'Connell
Brahe: I Passed By Your Window (Recorded 1942)
Work length2:12
  • John Charles Thomas, Carroll Hollister
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Frank Tours, N. Finston, Nathaniel Shilkret, Charles O'Connell

Awards and reviews

October 2006

Thomas's voice is one of the most ample, wide-ranging and evenly produced baritones on record. Hear him in the first track, the well known air from Leoncavallo's Zazà, and you will understand instantly why it could be cited, as a voice, along with Caruso, Ponselle and Pinza.

Opera News

If I had to choose the four greatest voices I've heard, I would list Thomas along with Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, and Ezio Pinza …
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